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The fourth thrilling adventure in Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen series sees Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Reddy, after partnering with Lemurian allies to repel the savage Grik, confronted with an unexpected arrival: Commodore Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy—a nation of descendants from British East Indiamen who slipped through a rift centuries earlier. With the destroyer Walker still under repair, Reddy must confront the looming return of the Grik while questioning Jenks’s uncertain loyalties. As tension mounts between the Allies and the Imperials, Reddy realizes his doubts were justified and a greater danger threatens the fragile balance of this alternate, sci‑fi‑infused World War II world.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Taylor Anderson
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